There’s no shortage of startups in 2019. Backed by driven entrepreneurs, these startups are innovative, and they’re here to stay. The People and Computers network is proud to present the first edition of its 2019 list of promising startups, whose achievements and breakthroughs are truly inspirational.
On the list is Israeli startup, Carbyne, a company developing a smart reporting platform designed to save lives in emergency situations. The startup was established in 2014 by Amir Elichai, Alex Dizengoff, Lital Leshem, and Yoni Yatsun, under the name Reporty. It has a staff of 70 and has raised over $24 million in funding.
He may invest money like a shark, but deep down, Teddy Sagi is your run-of-the-mill nice guy. Which is why just moments before the Calcalist Conference officially launched in London, he opened his doors to three Israeli entrepreneurs, who made their pitches, and tried their best to impress – and secure financing for their ventures.
Among the hopeful entrepreneurs was Lital Leshem, Co-founder of Reporty, an innovative and potentially life-saving startup already funded by former Israeli Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak. Sagi expressed interest in Reporty’s B2G and B2B models, as well as in its ability to rapidly and seamlessly transmit emergency communications via a smartphone app. That being said, he did not feel that a personal investment was the right fit at the time. “It’s interesting,” Sagi said before offering to be a Reporty customer and integrate Camden Market’s Control Center within the Reporty offering. “I will connect you with our people here in London,” he promised.
Hailed as entrepreneurs, and breakthrough leaders, Forbes’ 2017 list of “Under 30s” is as impressive as it is intimidating. Nestled among them is none other than Lital Leshem, a young Israeli innovator whose vision and verve are matched by her ability to conquer the hearts of every person she encounters in the board room – and on the lecture circuit.
This week, Lital Leshem, Co-founder and CMO of Reporty, guest lectured in Dr. Dvir Kaveh’s Organizational Behavior class. In the short period of time she spoke, it became clear that despite her young age (29!), she has already achieved great success and is destined to continue along this path.
Lital spoke to the students about her company, from perspectives touched upon earlier in the course – the formulation of work teams, internal and external communication, and organizational culture. She also discussed the innovative application her company developed, which is poised to change human behavior during everyday and emergency situations while enhancing our sense of personal security. The lecture culminated with a demonstration of how the application works on smartphones. All who were in attendance were thoroughly impressed.
Four months ago, Lital Leshem presented her startup at an international innovation competition in Tel Aviv. Over 180 startups from around the world fought for first place, and she was one of the very few female participants. During the first stage of the competition, she was asked to give over a slideshow presentation in just three minutes. “I looked over my materials and thought to myself, ‘that won’t be a problem.’”
Lital’s can-do attitude during what could have been a highly stressful situation exemplified her true nature and capabilities: everything she touches turns to gold. This month, she celebrated her thirtieth birthday, and she has a three-year-old startup that, in her words, is poised to change the world. And, if that weren’t enough, Lital climbs mountains, skis down steep slopes and in water, and paraglides – as a means of relaxation. “I’m different,” the entrepreneur explains in her first-ever interview, “so that I can do what I was created to do in this life.”
Reporty Homeland Security, the Israeli start-up company responsible for developing a global platform for real-time reporting, which holds within it life-saving potential, is raising $1 million from the former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak. Designed to improve and streamline communications between citizens and the various official bodies, while increasing personal security and preserving privacy, Reporty’s platform for real-time reporting, is based on a smartphone app and a command and control system installed at emergency centers. Barak’s current investment was earmarked for expediting the development process. It will also enable the company to scale to meet growing demand.
Based in Tel Aviv, Reporty was founded in 2014 by its CEO Amir Elichai, who has since collaborated with Pinchas Buchris, formerly director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Defense and a former commander of the IDF’s 8200 intelligence unit, the startup’s VP business development Lital Leshem, VP technologies Alex Dizengof, and Systems Developer Yoni Yatsun.
The 2016 TAU Innovation Conference, hailed as Israel’s largest innovation conference, took place over the course of three days, and brought together roughly 3,000 participants from 50 startups. On June 9, the final day of the conference, three female entrepreneurs were chosen as the winners of the conference’s TLV Startup Challenge, with Reporty’s Lital Leshem taking first place – and the generous prize – $24,000 plus a trip to a Silicon Valley Roadshow.
Sponsored by the StarTau entrepreneurship center, established in 2009 to offer support for early-stage projects developed by Tel Aviv University students, the conference additionally served as a prime networking event for Israel’s best and brightest entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and investors.
General Robotics, a company that develops tactical robotics for Special Forces and Infantry Corps, will begin to operate in the US. Until now, the company primarily operated in European and Asian markets. The company recently selected a local American partner, Comframe Solutions, making a US launch not only possible, but also ideal.
In an exclusive interview with Female Entrepreneurs, Lital Leshem lifts the veil on what it means to be a woman in business and entrepreneurship – for her. “The most important thing in business is the human presence,” she explains. “I believe that if we have a motivated strong teams who believe in the product we make – the sky is the limit. I’m a people’s person in my job and in my life.”
As the online publication’s featured Israeli Female Entrepreneur, Leshem makes it clear that for her, business is about more than closing deals; it’s about motivating people. And, aside from answering critical questions about Reporty’s founding, offering, and direction, she shed light upon the Lital the business world may not already know. The Lital who starts her day with a warm, sweet treat, whose ‘entrepreneurial superpower is her spot-on intuition, and whose cell phone screen is adorned with the foliage of a location she wishes to visit one day.
Lital Leshem, a participant in the Calcalist Conference in London, is one of the Co-founders of Reporty Homeland Security, an innovative and potentially life-saving startup. She is also Reporty’s VP Business Development. Funded by the likes of former Israeli Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, Reporty is developing a platform that will enable real-time reporting and broadcasting during emergency situations.
During her speech, Leshem discussed how the startup was conceived. She explained that there is a real need for real-time location and pertinent data communication during emergencies and that existing systems do not leverage the wealth of technology and innovations available to streamline and expedite these processes. “We don’t want to be a system that stands alone,” she said. “We want to connect with social networks, and already have strategic partnerships with cellular telecom providers, such as AT&T.”
Bossit is a podcast focused on bringing the personal stories of breakthrough women to center stage. In this episode, Lital Leshem, a senior partner at Comframe Solutions joins us for a conversation about her journey through the world of entrepreneurship, her career in business development, and her life in New York.
Listen to the podcast to learn more about Leshem’s life, love for saving lives, and more.
While dialing the local emergency service numbers is not a complicated task, all too often, incident reporting is done too slowly, or incorrectly. Until now, that is. Reporty, a newly-developed application that enables the real-time reporting of emergency situations from the scene of the crisis directly to emergency service call centers like Magen David Adom, the police, or the fire department, is taking Israel by storm.
In an interview with Reporty’s Co-founder and business partner, Lital Leshem, ynet discovers how the application works, and why exactly tens of thousands of people are already downloading the app to their digital devices.
The Feminist Revolution knows no bounds. After conquering the business world and assuming leadership roles in various fields, a new generation of fearless females is putting down roots. In honor of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, Lade Globes has chosen to honor 70 of Israel’s best and brightest women, each of whom reached their own sense of independence through authentic thought leadership.
Among the honorees is Lital Leshem, the 31-year-old Co-founder and business partner of Reporty, an innovative communications startup that developed an application for emergency situations that enables video communication with call-center representatives, with the click of a button. Other honorees include chef Michal Ansky, Poetry Jam Founder Sharon Dueck, Dr. Adi Mor, and (former) MK Stav Shaffir.
Israeli startup Reporty Homeland Security has developed an application designed to connect its users with emergency command centers as incidents unfold – faster, more accurately, and leveraging more, and more relevant data. The application enables video calls between civilian end-users and emergency responders and authorities. And, according to the company, it is capable of engaging in bi-directional data broadcasting, even when the screen is turned off and cellular connectivity is currently unavailable. It’s no wonder that Reporty has already raised $5 million in funding.
Reporty was established in 2014 by Amir Elichai, Lital Leshem, Alex Dizengoff, and Yoni Yatsun. “The idea for Reporty was born after Amir was attacked by several people at a Tel Aviv beach and dialed 100 – he was met with an inefficient response that included many questions in order to understand the situation as it unfolded,” a Reporty spokesperson explained. “Following this incident, he began to investigate the world of national security and found that it hadn’t changed a bit in many years.” Today, Reporty can filter out fake reports, and shorten the time it takes for emergency command center personnel to understand exactly what is at the scene of an incident, and deploy emergency responders accordingly.
Yediot Aharonot journalist, Dana Spector, sat down with three successful female entrepreneurs for a conversation on entrepreneurship, lead-her-ship, and the drive to succeed. By her side sat Smadar Landau, the Founder and CEO of “Filter,” Orit Hashay, the Founder of Brayola, and Lital Leshem, a Founding Partner at Reporty. Each of the women introduced their offering, expressed their connection to their company, and discussed “failures” and concessions they’ve had to make, simply because they are women in the working world.
Leshem expressed that personally, she “feels that it is a great privilege to be the ‘mom’ of your own business – especially when it is your dream that you’re spearheading.” She added that of course doing so requires time, which has its own advantages and disadvantages. “When you’re the ‘mom’ of your business, you can find your own balance, or at least try to… and when you succeed, the fulfillment you will experience will be priceless.”
20 Israeli women entrepreneurs were selected by a panel of judges from the We Act organization and were flown out to Silicon Valley, California, to take part in an innovative project. The project entailed taking part in a conversation about founding and managing their successful technology ventures, moderated and recorded by “Lady Globes,” the monthly magazine published by “Globes” about women in Israel’s economy. The women, all entrepreneurs who have raised millions of dollars for their ventures, were asked about mistakes they made, managerial advice that promoted their success, effective management habits they learned to adopt, and more.
Lital Leshem was among the women who took part in the event. She is the Co-founder and business development executive of Reporty Homeland Security, the startup behind a rescue app that leverages video and pinpointing locations during emergencies. Though Leshem did not start off in the technology industry – her professional career began in the IDF, she made strategic connections with personalities skilled in technological orientation and entrepreneurship, while focusing on the marketing and business development sides of the startup herself. The result: Reporty made headlines in May 2015, when former Prime Minister Ehud Barak invested $1.5 million in the startup.
